a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to throw away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
What gain have the workers from their toil? I have seen the business that God has given to everyone to be busy with. He has made everything suitable for its time; moreover he has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. I know that there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live; moreover, it is God’s gift that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil. I know that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; God has done this, so that all should stand in awe before him. That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already is; and God seeks out what has gone by.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
For Everything A Season
O Great Creator of time and season
many are spinning in fear and anxiety
this season of virus and violent abuse
has brought us to our knees in prayer.
We have exhausted all simple fixes
we believed we were better than this
we have turned on one another
instead of turning to you in prayer.
Help us to turn and face this season
empower us to turn to all humanity
knowing them as gift and creation
our neighbors as vessels of your love.
Turn us and remake us like soft clay
lift us into the strong leaders needed now
let us be carriers of grace and peace
let us sow love with our tears and prayers. Amen
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